Jai Sriman Narayana !!
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Thiruppunkoor
is one of the 275 Thevara Shivasthalam of Lord Shiva located in Shirkazhi,
Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu. In
this temple Lord Shiva worshipped in the form of a self-manifested Linga.
Presiding
deity – Sri Shivalokanathar with his consort Goddess Sri Soundara
Nayaki/Sokkanayaki
Worshipped
by – Lord Surya, Lord Brahma, Lord Agni, Lord Indra, Lord Agani, Lord Chandra, Sapthakanyakas,
Sage Pathanjali, Sage Vyagrapadha, Thiru Eyarkonkalikkama Nayanar,
Theertham
– Rishabha Theertham is the temple pond created by Lord Ganesha at the will of
Lord Shivalokanathar. Lord Shiva
instructed Lord Ganesha to build a pond in an overnight for Thirunalaipovar, a zealous devotee who was considered
himself as low-caste, lacking status to enter the temple.
Sthalavruksham – Pungu
Sannidhis
– Lord Nandikeshwara, Lord Ganesha, Lord Subramanya with his consorts Goddesses
Sri Valli & Deivayanai, Bhrama Lingam, Pancha Murthy, Lord Surya, Nalvar,
Kalikkamar, Somaskandhar, Surya Lingam, Agni Lingam, Four faced Linga of – Thathpursham, Aghoram,
Vamadevam, Sandhyojatham, Goddess Sri Gajalakshmi, Navagraha, Bhairava, Lord
Chandra, Goshtamurtham – Lord Ganesha, Bikshadaneshwara, Sage Agastya, Lord
Dakshinamurthy, Lingodbhavar, Goddess Sri Durga, Lord Brahma, Ardhanareeswara,
Bhairava, Nandanar (Thirunalai Povar)
Mangalasasanam
– Thirunavukkarasar, Thiru Gnana Sambandar, Sundarar
Significance
–
This
is one of the sacred land on the Earth Sage Agastya had the dharshan of Lord’s
Wedding Ceremony.
Thirunalaipovar (Nandanar), a staunch devotee of Lord and one of the prominent Shivaite saints (63 Nayanmars) arrived on this sacred land longing to have dharshan of Lord Shivalokanathar. But, Lord Nandikeshwara who was already taken seat in front of Lord completely blocked the view. Thirunalaipovar who was born in a low caste, not permitted to enter temple stood with great anguish far from the temple sight and prayed to Lord. The compassionate Lord advised Nandikeshwara to slightly move away from the seat he had already occupied. Finally Nandanar had blissful dharshan of Lord Shivalokanathar form the place where he stood.
Tharakasura’s
three sons Tharakaksha, Vidyunmali, Kamalaksha constructed a magnanimous palace
‘Tri-pura’ in the celestial world and it resulted in mal- functioning of
planets in the orbit. Lord Shiva
defeated the three demons who were staunch devotees of Lord; they realized
their mistake and remained humble servants of Lord as Dwarapalakas.
Thiru
Sundaramoorthy Nayanar and Thiru Eyarkon Kalikkama Nayanar visited this sacred
land and found the people were suffering from severe drought and famine for
quite some time. Sundarar declared that
if the King who was ruling the city contribute certain acres of land for the
temple may possibly bring enough rain.
The King agreed for this arrangement and offered some land; Sundarar
passionately sung praising the glories of Lord Shivalokanathar which brought
heavy down pour in this area. The
torrential rain continued for several days and people were in dilemma. Once again Sundarar made an agreement with
the King to donate certain acres of land to the temple which brought a sudden
halt to the downpour. In this way,
Sundarar acquired several acres of land as wealth for the temple.
This
temple remains open from 6.00AM to 12.00PM in the morning and 4.00PM to 8.00PM
in the evenings.
Jaya Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara !!
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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